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Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready?
Víctor el tren a las ocho.
Víctor el tren a las ocho.
tomará
tomará
Víctor tomará el tren a las ocho.
Víctor tomará el tren a las ocho.
"Victor will take the train at eight o'clock."
We use tomará in this sentence because it's the simple future tense form of tomar used with Víctor, "he," a third-person singular subject.
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una pizza esta noche.
una pizza esta noche.
Comeré
Comeré
Comeré una pizza esta noche.
Comeré una pizza esta noche.
"I will eat a pizza tonight."
Comeré is used here because it's the simple future tense form of comer for the first-person singular subject yo, meaning "I will eat."
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el museo el sábado.
el museo el sábado.
Visitaremos
Visitaremos
Visitaremos el museo el sábado.
Visitaremos el museo el sábado.
"We will visit the museum on Saturday."
Visitaremos is used here because it's the future tense form for nosotros/as, meaning "we will visit."
Unscramble the words to make a sentence.
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Creo
Creo que
Creo que hará
Creo que hará calor.
"I think it will be hot."
Creo que hará calor.
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Mis amigos (juegan or jugarán) al fútbol después de la escuela.
Mis amigos (juegan or jugarán) al fútbol después de la escuela.
jugarán
jugarán
Mis amigos jugarán al fútbol después de la escuela.
"My friends will play soccer after school."
Jugarán is used here because it's the third-person plural future form of jugar, used with mis amigos referring to "they."
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Teresa (comprará or compra) un libro nuevo.
Teresa (comprará or compra) un libro nuevo.
comprará
comprará
Teresa comprará un libro nuevo.
"Teresa will buy a new book."
Comprará is used here because it's the third-person singular future form of comprar, used with Teresa "she."
Let's translate some sentences into Spanish.
Translate "You will see this movie tomorrow." into Spanish.
Verás, "You will see"
followed by
esta, "this"
Next
película, "movie"
followed by
mañana, "tomorrow"
Verás is used here because it's the second-person singular future form of ver, used to say "you will see."
Verás esta película mañana.
Verás esta película mañana.
"You will see this movie tomorrow."
Translate "I will study in the library tomorrow." into Spanish.
Estudiaré, "I will study"
followed by
en, "in"
Next
la biblioteca, "the library"
followed by
mañana, "tomorrow"
Estudiaré is used here because it's the first-person singular future form of estudiar, meaning "I will study."
Estudiaré en la biblioteca mañana.
Estudiaré en la biblioteca mañana.
"I will study in the library tomorrow."
Translate "It will be ready in 30 minutes." into Spanish.
Estará, "It will be"
followed by
listo, "ready"
next
en, "in"
followed by
30 minutos, "30 minutes"
Estará is used here because it's the third-person singular future form of estar, meaning "it will be."
Estará listo en 30 minutos.
Estará listo en 30 minutos.
"It will be ready in 30 minutes."
Listen to me as I speak. Which verb in the future tense do you hear in the sentence?
Comeré una pizza esta noche.
Let's listen one more time.
Comeré una pizza esta noche.
Did you hear, Comeré? Comeré, meaning "I will eat," is the future tense of the verb comer and is used before a first-person singular subject.
How about...?
Creo que hará calor.
Let's listen one more time.
Creo que hará calor.
Did you hear, hará? Hará, meaning "it will be" or "it will do," is the future tense of the irregular verb hacer and is used for impersonal or third-person singular subjects.
Next…
Teresa comprará un libro nuevo.
One more time.
Teresa comprará un libro nuevo.
Did you hear, comprará? Comprará, meaning "will buy," is the future tense of the verb comprar and is used before a third-person singular subject.
And...
Estará listo en 30 minutos.
One more time.
Estará listo en 30 minutos.
Did you hear, estará? Estará, meaning "will be," is the future tense of the irregular verb estar and is used before a third-person singular subject.
Thank you for watching.
Now you know how to talk about future actions in Spanish.
...and now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway.
Nos vemos.

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